Heterocyclic carboxamides, compositions containing such compounds, processes for their preparation and methods of treatment therewith

ABSTRACT

This invention relates to novel heterocyclic carboxamides which increase the activity of the immune system and to the preparation thereof. The invention is also concerned with pharmaceutical compositions containing the said compounds and methods of treatment therewith.

This invention relates to novel heterocyclic carboxamides which increase the activity of the immune system and to the preparation thereof. The invention is also concerned with pharmaceutical compositions containing the said compounds and methods of treatment therewith.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

Certain heterocyclic carboxamides, certain dihydro-1,4-disubstituted-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid amides; increasing the activity of the immune system; compounds per se, compositions thereof, methods of treating therewith.

2. Prior Art

The immune system of the body has long been the subject of concerted study. A vigorous search has been made for drugs which influence the immune system. Numerous drugs which suppress the activity of the immune system have been found and, more recently, some compounds have been discovered which increase the activity of the immune system of the body. Some of these rather recently-discovered compounds have been found capable of increasing the activity of the cell-mediated immunity of the host. The study of such compounds for such purpose is a branch of science which is still in its infancy, but of obviously great significance in view of the possibility of increasing immunity of a host by the administration of a drug. The far-reaching effect of such research is apparent to all skilled in the art.

To the best of our knowledge, no compounds even remotely related structurally to the active compounds of the present invention have been suggested as activators of cell-mediated immunity. The closest prior art known to us is represented by an article in the Indian Journal of Chemistry Vol. 17 B, May 1979, pp. 488-490 (reported in Chemical Abstracts 93 (1980), page 667, entry 2044220.) This article discloses compounds which are structurally related to the compounds claimed in the present application. These previously known compounds exhibit antiinflammatory activity as evidenced by a decrease in extent of carrageenan-induced edema in the carrageenan edema test.

The compounds according to the present invention, used for fundamentally different pharmacological purposes, do in fact, completely unexpectedly, increase the extent of carrageenan-induced edema in the test mentioned above (cf below and Table I of the present application), i.e. the compounds according to the present invention exhibit effects contrary to the effects exhibited by the previously known compounds.

Another type of compounds are disclosed in the Swiss Pat. Nos. 578,534, 578,535, 578,536, and 578,537, which relate to compounds suggested for different pharmacological uses, e.g. as antiinflammatory agents like the compounds disclosed in the Indian Journal of Chemistry These compounds differ from the active compounds of the present invention structurally in that they all possess a cycloaliphatic radical as substituent on the benzene ring of the quinoline nucleus, and in that they fail to show or suggest the essential substituents in the amide portion of the molecule. More remote structurally related compounds, namely 2,4-dihydroxyquinoline-3-carboxylic amides, have been reported in Japanese Pat. No. 6,823,948 (Cl. 16 E 432) of approximately Oct. 16, 1968, reported in Chemical Abstracts 70 (1969) on page 355, entry 57681x. The compounds there reported are said to be useful as bactericides, and no possible use in the activation of any immune system is suggested for those compounds.

Another type of quinoline-3-carboxylic amide wherein the amide portion of the molecule contains certain heterocyclic rings and which may also include 2,4-dihydroxy-substituted compounds, has been reported in the Swedish patent application No. 7700804-3, reported in Chemical Abstracts 87 (1977) on page 578, entry 152042z. The reported compounds are said to be useful as analgetics, and no possible use in the activation of any immune system is suggested for these compounds.

FURTHER BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In the following, references to the literature are given by numbers within brackets. The numbers refer to literature sources listed after the examples.

Cell-mediated immunity is considered a major defence system against many infectious agents and neoplasms (1, 2). Diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and autoimmune disorders such as systemic lupus erythematosus are also attributed to impaired cell-mediated immunity. Agents which can stimulate impaired cell-mediated immunity are consequently of great potential value in the treatment of the above-mentioned diseases. An important expression of cell-mediated immunity is the delayed hypersensitivity reaction (1). An increase of this reaction therefore indicates enhanced cell-mediated immunity in the host (3).

A useful test for the evaluation of the effect of chemical compounds on the immune system is the pertussis vaccine pleurisy test in rats. Compounds which enhance the response in this delayed hypersensitivity reaction are considered to stimulate cell-mediated immunity (4).

The adjuvant arthritis test in rats produces a measureable extent of a delayed hypersensitivity reaction and can be used for a determination of variations in the extent of the delayed hypersensitivity reaction upon drug administration to the host. An increase in the extent of the delayed hypersensitivity reaction upon drug administration consequently indicates enhanced cell-mediated immunity in the host.

Another test, in which the effect of a drug corresponds to the effects obtained in the tests mentioned above, and which can therefore also be used, is the well-established carrageenan edema test in rats (5). Comparative evaluation of compounds of the present invention in the three tests mentioned has shown that compounds which increase the extent of the delayed hypersensitivity reaction in the pertussis vaccine pleurisy test and in the adjuvant arthritis test also increase the extent of carrageenan-induced edema in the carrageenan edema test, thus providing a further tool for the determination of enhancement of cell-mediated immunity.

We have now prepared a group of new heterocyclic carboxamides and have found that they are highly active in the tests which demonstrate an enhancing effect upon cell-mediated immunity. These compounds have also been found to have a low toxicity, resulting in a favourable therapeutic index. The potential significance of the present invention will, accordingly, be immediately apparent to one skilled in the art to which the invention pertains.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The new heterocyclic carboxamides of the present invention correspond to the general formula I as defined below.

The compounds of the invention have shown a potentiating effect in the carrageenan edema test in rat, in adjuvant arthritis in respect of the secondary symptoms, and in the pertussis vaccine pleurisy test.

The compounds of the invention can be employed in disorders responsive to treatment with agents which enhance cell-mediated immunity as such or combined with either solid or liquid carriers of diluents and made available in varying amounts in such pharmaceutical form as eg tablets, pills, capsules, pellets, powders, ointments, suppositories, aqueous or non-aqueous suspensions and solutions.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, one object of the invention is to provide new compounds having the general formula I, having the aforesaid activity, preferably also with a low degree of toxicity.

A second object is to provide such type of compounds which can be employed in disorders, which are responsive to treatment with agents which enhance cell-mediated immunity, for the amelioration or palliation thereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide processes for preparing the new compounds having the general formula I.

A further object of the invention is to provide a method of treating a living animal body suffering from a disorder which is responsive to treatment with agents which enhance cell-mediated immunity, for the amelioration or palliation thereof, which comprises the step of administering to said living animal body a compound having the general formula I, said compound being administered in an amount sufficient to at least mitigate said disorder.

Yet another object of the invention is to provide compositions containing as an active ingredient one or more of the compounds having the general formula I, preferably together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and, if desired, other pharmacologically active agents.

Other objects of the invention will become apparent to one skilled in the art, and still other objects will become apparent hereinafter.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, what we believe and claim to be our invention comprises compounds having the general formula: ##STR1## and the tautomers thereof, wherein the groups A¹ and A² are interchanged and there is a 2,3- rather than a 3,4-double bond;

where R¹, R² and R³ are the same or different and selected from the group consisting of: hydrogen; lower alkyl; lower alkoxy; halogen; NO₂ ; OH; OCOR⁸ ; NR⁶ R⁷ ; and NR⁶ COR⁸ ; and where R¹ and R² or R² and R³ together may also be in the from of a methylenedioxy group;

where R⁴ is selected from the group consisting of: lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; lower alkylene forming a ring with the 8-position carbon atom of the quinoline ring system; cycloalkyl, optionally mono- or disubstituted with substituents selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, OH, and OCOR⁸ ; and phenyl, optionally mono- or disubstituted with substituents selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy and halogen, especially F, Cl, and Br; and

where R⁵ is selected from the group consisting of: a five- or six-membered heterocyclic ring containing at most two heteroatoms selected from the groups consisting of S, and N, and being optionally mono- or disubstituted; with substituents selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, and halogen, especially F and Cl; and the group: ##STR2## wherein R⁹, R¹⁰, and R¹¹ are the same or different and selected from the group consisting of: hydrogen; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; lower alkoxy; lower alkylthio; halogen; CN; SO₂ CH₃ ; OH; OCOR⁸ ; NR⁶ R⁷ ; NR⁶ COR⁸ ; COOR¹² ; OCH₂ COOR¹² ; CH₂ COOR¹² ; COR⁸ ; and ##STR3## wherein m is four or five; and where R⁹ and R¹⁰ or R¹⁰ and R¹¹ together also may be in the form of a methylenedioxy group;

wherein A¹ is selected from the group consisting of OR¹², OCOR⁸, NR⁶ R⁷ and NR⁶ COR⁸ and A² is selected from the group consisting of O and NR⁶ ;

wherein R⁶ and R⁷ are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkyl; wherein R⁸ is lower alkyl; wherein R¹² is selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl and M; and where M is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and pharmaceutically acceptable inorganic and organic cations; and

wherein R¹³ is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl, optionally substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of OH, OR⁸ and OCOR⁸, and lower alkenyl; provided that R¹³ is selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, optionally substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of OH, OR⁸ and OCOR⁸, and lower alkenyl when R⁹, R¹⁰ and R¹¹ are selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkenyl and lower alkoxy.

The compounds of the present invention which contain salt-forming basic nitrogen atoms may also be in the form of addition salts with pharmaceutically acceptable inorganic or organic acids, the salts thus formed being such as the hydrochlorides, hydrobromides, phosphates, nitrates, sulphates, hydrogenoxalates, oxalates, succinates, tartrates, methanesulphonates, and ethanedisulphonates.

In this disclosure the expression "lower" means that the group referred to contains one to four carbon atoms, inclusive. Thus, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkylene, lower alkoxy, and lower alkanols include for instance: methyl, ethyl, propyl, iso-propyl, butyl, secondary butyl, iso-butyl, tertiary butyl, vinyl, iso-propenyl, 1-propenyl, allyl, ethylene, trimethylene, propylene, tetramethylene, 1,2-dimethylethylene, ethylethylene, 1-methyltrimethylene, 2-methyltrimethylene, methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, isopropoxy, butoxy, isobutoxy, secondary butoxy, tertiary butoxy, methanol, ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, butanol, iso-butanol, secondary butanol, and tertiary butanol.

Among pharmaceutically acceptable inorganic and organic cations under the definition of M above, those derived from the following metals and amines may be mentioned as representative:

metals: calcium, potassium, and sodium; amines: monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, dimethylaminoethanol, N-methylglucamine, trihydroxymethylmethylamine, morpholine, and the like.

Among the compounds covered by the above general formula I or its tautomers, those are preferred wherein at least one R¹, R², and R³ is hydrogen.

With regard to the substituents R¹, R², and R³, it is preferred that these substituents are hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halogen, OH, OCOR⁸, NR⁶ R⁷, and methylenedioxy.

When R¹, R², and R³ are halogen or NR⁶ R⁷ it is preferred that only one of R¹, R², and R³ consists of one of said substituents.

If selected from halogen atoms it is preferred that R¹, R², or R³ is F, Cl, or Br, especially F and Cl.

Other groups of preferred compounds are those where R⁴ is lower alkyl. When R⁴ is a lower alkyl group a methyl group is preferred.

When R⁴ is lower alkylene forming a ring with the 8-position carbon atom of the quinoline ring system such types of compounds have a stable configuration and are therefore of special interest, whereby ethylene and trimethylene groups are preferred as the lower alkylene groups.

When R⁴ is substituted phenyl, monosubstitution in p-position is preferred.

When R⁴ is cycloalkyl, cyclopentyl and cyclohexyl are preferred and, if the cycloalkyl ring is substituted, monosubstitution is preferred.

If R⁵ is the group II above it is preferred that at least one of the substituents R⁹, R¹⁰, and R¹¹ is hydrogen and, when two of said substituents are hydrogen, it is also preferred that the remaining substituent is situated in the p-position.

If selected from lower alkylthio, halogen, CN, SO₂ CH₃, OH, OCOR⁶, NR⁶ R⁷, NR⁶ COR⁸, COOR¹², OCH₂ COOR¹², CH₂ COOR¹², COR⁸, or ##STR4## preferably only one of the substituents R⁹, R¹⁰, and R¹¹ is selected from said groups.

When one pair of the substituents R⁹, R¹⁰, and R¹¹ forms a methylenedioxy group, it is preferred that said group is situated in m- and p-positions.

When R⁵ is a five- or six-membered heterocyclic ring, and the heterocyclic ring contains two heteroatoms of the same kind, N is preferred.

When R⁵ is a heterocyclic ring, the following heterocyclic ring systems are of special interest in the present invention:

Pyridine, pyrazole, imidazole, iso-thiazole, thiazole, pyridazine, pyrimidine, and pyrazine, especially pyridine, imidazole, thiazole and pyrazine.

When R⁵ is a substituted heterocyclic ring monosubstitution is preferred.

When A¹ is OR¹² or OCOR⁸ it is preferred that A² is O.

When A¹ is NR⁶ R⁷ or NR⁶ COR⁸ it is preferred that A² is O.

When A² is NR⁶ it is preferred that A¹ is OR¹² or OCOR⁸.

When A¹ is OR¹² it is preferred that R¹² is M.

When R¹² is a lower alkyl group, methyl and ethyl groups are preferred.

When M is an inorganic cation, potassium and sodium ions are preferred.

If one of A¹ or A² is NR⁶ R⁷, NR⁶ COR⁸ or NR⁶ it is preferred that R⁵ is the above group II.

Another group of preferred compounds which are of special interest in the present invention is the one where R¹³ is lower alkyl, optionally substituted with a substituent selected from OH, OR⁸ or OCOR⁸, or lower alkenyl, especially lower alkyl.

When R¹³ is lower alkyl, optionally substituted with a substituent selected from OH, OR⁸ or OCOR⁸, or lower alkenyl it is preferred that one of the substituents R⁹, R¹⁰, and R¹¹ is lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or halogen, especially F and Cl.

When R¹³ is hydrogen it is preferred that one of the substituents R⁹, R¹⁰, and R¹¹ is halogen, OH, OCOR⁸, NR⁶ R⁷, NR⁶ COR⁸, COOR¹², OCH₂ COOR¹², CH₂ COOR¹² or ##STR5##

When R¹³ is hydrogen it is also preferred that one of the substituents R⁹, R¹⁰ and R¹¹ is a group which confers water solubility to the compound hereby obtained.

When R¹³ is lower alkyl, optionally substituted with a substituent selected from OH, OR⁸ or OCOR⁸, or lower alkenyl it is also preferred that A¹ is OH, A² is O, R⁴ is lower alkyl and R⁵ is the group II as defined above.

When R¹³ is hydrogen it is also preferred that R⁴ is lower alkyl and R⁵ is a heterocyclic ring.

When A¹ is NR⁶ R⁷ or NR⁶ COR⁸ it is preferred that A² is O, R⁴ is lower alkyl and R⁵ is the group II as defined above.

The following compounds are preferred:

(a) N-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

(b) N-(4-carboxymethylphenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

(c) N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

(d) N-phenyl-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

(e) N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

(f) N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide

(g) N-(2-thiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

(h) N-methyl-N-phenyl-4-amino-1,2-dihydro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

(i) N-methyl-N-(2-thiazolyl)-4-amino-1,2-dihydro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline

(j) N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-imino-1-methyl-quinoline-3-carboxamide

(k) N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide

(l) N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-6-dimethylamino-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

(m) N-(2-imidazolyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

(n) N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

(o) N-methyl-N-(2-pyridyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

(p) N-(4-chlorophenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

(q) N-methyl-N-pyrazinyl-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

(r) N-methyl-N-(2-thiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

(s) N-methyl-N-pyrazinyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

(t) N-methyl-N-(2-thiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide and

(u) N-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

If desired the above compounds may also be in the form of salts with pharmaceutically acceptable inorganic or organic cations or addition salts with pharmaceutically acceptable inorganic or organic acids.

METHODS OF PREPARATION

The compounds having the general formula I may be prepared by conventional methods.

A general process (Method 1 below) for preparing compounds having the general formula I is as follows,

Method 1

Compounds of the general formula I are prepared by reacting a carboxylic acid III or a reactive derivative thereof ##STR6## with an amine R⁵ R¹³ NH or a reactive derivative thereof.

Among other methods for preparing compounds having the general formula I the following may be mentioned,

Method 2

A reactive derivative of a dicarboxylic acid IV. ##STR7## is reacted with an amine ##STR8## to form compounds of the general formula I, wherein A¹ is OH and A² is O.

Method 3

A derivative of isatoic anhydride of the general formula VI ##STR9## is reacted with a lower alkyl ester of an acid VII

    R.sup.5 R.sup.13 NCOCH.sub.2 COOH                          VII

to form compounds of the general formula I, wherein A¹ is OH and A² is O, or reacted with a nitrile VIII

    R.sup.5 R.sup.13 NCOCH.sub.2 CN                            VIII

to form compounds of the general formula I, wherein A¹ is OH and A² is NH.

Method 4

A compound of the general formula IX ##STR10## wherein X is halogen, preferably Cl or Br, is reacted with a compound A¹ H or a reactive derivative thereof to form compounds of the general formula I, wherein A² is O.

Methods 1-4 above are illustrated by the following processes (a-d),

(a) A process according to method 1, characterized by reacting a carboxylic acid III or a reactive derivative thereof with an amine R⁵ R¹³ NH. or a reactive derivative thereof.

Having a reactive derivative of III the reaction may be carried out by mixing the reagents in an inert solvent medium at a temperature between 0° and 200° C. depending on the reactivity of the reactive derivative of the carboxylic acid III used. As such reactive derivatives the following conventional types may be mentioned: lower alkyl esters (preferably methyl or ethyl esters), anhydrides, acid chlorides, mixed anhydrides with aliphatic or aromatic sulphonic acids, and reactive derivatives obtained with carbodiimides and similar reagents.

Pyridine and quinoline are especially suitable as inert solvents.

The carboxylic acids III and reactive derivatives thereof may be prepared by conventional methods as described in (6).

More specifically the lower alkyl esters of the carboxylic acid III may be prepared by the method described in (7).

The amines R⁵ R¹³ NH are known compounds or can be prepared by conventional methods as described in (8).

The process according to method I may also be carried out by reacting the carboxylic acid III with a reactive derivative of the amine R⁵ R¹³ NH.

Such reactive derivatives may be compounds formed by mixing the amine R⁵ R¹³ NH with a phosphorous compound such as phosphorous trichloride. The reaction may be carried out by mixing the reagents in an inert solvent medium and heating at a temperature between 0° C. and the boiling point of the reaction mixture.

(b) A process according to method 2, characterized by reacting a reactive derivative of a dicarboxylic acid IV with an amine V. The reaction may be carried out by mixing the reagents in an inert solvent medium and heating at a temperature above 100° C., preferably between 150° and 250° C.

As reactive derivatives of the dicarboxylic acid IV methyl, ethyl, or phenyl esters may be used.

Diphenyl ether is a suitable solvent for the process.

The reactive derivatives of the dicarboxylic acid IV are known compounds or can be prepared according to the general method described in (9). The amines V are known compounds or may be prepared by conventional methods as described in (8).

(c) A process according to method 3, characterized by reacting an isatoic anhydride derivative VI with a lower alkyl ester of an acid VII in the presence of a proton acceptor. Methyl and ethyl esters are preferred.

As examples of proton acceptors which may be used in this reaction the following may be mentioned: alkali alkoxides such as sodium methoxide and sodium hydride.

The reaction is preferably carried out in an inert solvent such as dimethylformamide, or in a solvent which is also a proton acceptor such as pyridine or quinoline.

The reaction is preferably carried out above room temperature, preferably between 50° and 150° C.

The starting materials VI are known compounds or may be prepared by methods described in (10).

The lower alkyl esters of the acid VII are known compounds or may be prepared by using the general method described in (11).

When the nitrile VIII is used in this process a compound I wherein A¹ is OH and A² is NH is obtained. The nitriles VIII are known compounds or may be prepared by using known methods.

(d) A process according to method 4 characterized by converting the halogen substituent X in compound IX to a group A¹ may be carried out by using conventional methods. One such method is a reaction of IX with aqueous solutions of hydroxides of sodium or potassium between room temperature and the boiling point of the reaction mixture. Another method is reacting the compound IX with an alkali salt of an alkanoic acid, preferably in an aprotic dipolar solvent such as dimethylformamide, dimethylacetamide, or dimethyl sulphoxide followed by hydrolysis. Both these methods give compounds I wherein A¹ is OH.

If a compound I wherein A¹ is OR¹², wherein R¹² is lower alkyl is desired, this may be produced by reacting a compound IX with a compound containing a reactive alkoxide ion such as an alkali lower alkoxide. The reaction is preferably carried out in an inert solvent medium between room temperature and the boiling point of the reaction mixture.

If a compound I wherein A¹ is NR⁶ R⁷ is desired, this may be produced by reacting a compound IX with an amine NR⁶ R⁷ H. The reaction is preferably carried out in an inert solvent medium between room temperature and 200° C. The reaction may if necessary be carried out under pressure.

The starting materials of the formula IX may be prepared by the general method illustrated in Example 4 below.

All the above processes, a-d, may optionally be carried out in the presence of a catalyst known to be useful in said processes.

It is also possible in a manner known per se to prepare compounds having the general formula I above from other compounds within the definition of said general formula.

As examples of such transformations the following may be mentioned: Free hydroxy groups are, e.g., obtained by removal of acyl groups from carboxylic esters or by removal of lower alkyl groups from lower alkoxy groups. Free amino groups are, e.g., obtained by removal of acyl groups from carboxamides or by reduction of nitro groups. Free carboxylic acid groups are, e.g., obtained by hydrolysis of ester-, amide-, and nitrile groups. On the other hand, free hydroxy groups can be esterified and etherified, primary and secondary amines acylated to amides, and carboxylic acids esterified.

In synthesizing compounds having the general formula I by any of the methods mentioned above, each group of the starting materials involved must be compatible with the process is question or, if necessary, protected during one or more reaction steps and then converted to the desired group. Pertinent examples of groups that may be protected are hydroxy-, carboxyl-, and primary and secondary amino groups. Examples of such protecting groups are found in (14).

The compounds of the invention are generally characterized by the pharmacological activity hereinbefore stated, making them useful in counteracting certain physiological abnormalities in a living animal body. Effective quantities of the pharmacologically active compounds of the invention may be administered to a living animal body in any one of various ways, for example orally as in capsules or tablets, parenterally in the form of sterile solutions, suspensions, and by pellet implantation. Among routes of parenteral administration are intravenously, subcutaneously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, intraarticularly, and intradermally. Other modes of administration are vaginally, rectally, and topically as, e.g., in the form of ointments, suppositories, and powders.

As representative of living animal bodies, which may be treated with the compounds and compositions of the invention, and according to the method of treatment of the invention, for alleviation of the same and/or similar conditions as those described, in addition to homo sapiens the following may be mentioned: domestic animals such as dogs and cats and farm animals such as horses, cows, sheep, and goats.

Pharmaceutical formulations are usually prepared from a predetermined quantity of one or more of the compounds of the invention. Such formulations may take the form of powder, syrups, suppositories, ointments, solutions, pills, capsules, pellets or tablets, suspensions, emulsions, oil solutions, etc, with or without, but preferably with, any one of a large variety of pharmaceutically acceptable vehicles or carriers. When in a mixture with a pharmaceutical vehicle or carrier, the active ingredient usually comprises from about 0.01 to about 75 percent, normally from about 0.05 to about 15 percent, by weight of the composition. Carriers such as starch, sugar, talc, commonly used synthetic and natural gums, water, and the like, may be used in such formulations. Binders such as polyvinylpyrrolidone and lubricants such as sodium stearate, may be used to form tablets. Disintegrating agents such as sodium carbonate may also be included in tablets.

Although relatively small quantities of the active materials of the invention, even as low as 5.0 milligrams, may be used in cases of administration to subjects having a relatively low body weight, unit dosages are preferably five milligrams or above and preferably twenty-five, fifty, or one hundred milligrams, or even higher, depending of course upon the subject treated and the particular result desired, as will be apparent to one skilled in the art. Broader ranges appear to be 1 to 1000 milligrams per unit dose.

The active agents of the invention may be combined for administration with other pharmaceutically active agents such as analgesics, steroids or hormones, or the like, or with buffers, antacids, or the like, and the proportion of the active agent or agents in the compositions may be varied widely. It is only necessary that the active ingredient of the invention constitutes an effective amount, i.e., such that a suitable effective dosage will be obtained consistent with the dosage form employed. Obviously, several unit dosage forms may be administered at about the same time. The exact individual dosage as well as daily dosages in a particular case will of course be determined according to well established medical and/or veterinary principles under the supervision of the physician or veterinarian in charge. As a rule, however, when used therapeutically, the present compounds may be administered in a quantity of 1 to 1000 milligrams, preferred ranges being 5-250 milligrams per day and subject or patient, divided in 1 to 4 or more doses, over a suitable period and depending upon the subject and the type of subject being treated.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The following examples are intended to illustrate but not to limit the scope of the invention, although the compounds named are of particular interest for our intended purposes. These compounds have been designated by underlined numbers in the examples where their preparations are described and where their systematic names are given. The compounds are later on referred to by a number code, a:b, where a means the number of the example wherein the preparation of the compound in question is described, and b refers to the order of the compounds prepared according to that example. Thus, compound 1:2 means the second compound prepared according to Example 1.

The structures of the compounds found in Examples 1-21 are confirmed by NMR and elementary analysis. The NMR data are obtained using a 60 MHz instrument (Perkin-Elmer R 12). Most of the compounds prepared in the examples below have been isolated in free form. Some of them have been transformed into their salts with pharmaceutically acceptable cations or into acid addition salts by using conventional methods and appropriate reagents.

EXAMPLE 1

A mixture of 1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (10 parts), aniline (4 parts), and pyridine (40 parts) is heated at 125° C. for 3 h. The ethanol formed is distilled off continuously. The product, N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (1), precipitates on cooling to room temperature and is filtered off and recrystallized from pyridine. M. p. 199°-200° C.

In essentially the same manner the following compounds are obtained from the corresponding starting materials.

2. N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-6-methoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 192°-3° C.

3. N-1-diphenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 260° C.

4. N-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

5. N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-6-dimethylamino-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 193° C.

6. N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4,6-dihydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 252° C.

7. N-(4-carboxymethylphenyl)-1,2-dihydro-6,7-dimethoxy-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

8. N-/2-chlorophenyl/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 211°-3° C.

9. N-/4-chlorophenyl/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 212°-3° C.

10. N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-1-ethyl-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide m. p. 169°-72° C.

11. N-/4-dimethylaminophenyl/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 190°-2° C.

12. N-/4-carboxymethylphenyl/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 237°-9° C.

13. N-/4-hydroxyphenyl/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 233°-4° C.

14. N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-isopropyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 155° C.

15. N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-isobutyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 143° C.

16. N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1-n-propyl-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 149° C.

17. N-phenyl-7-chloro-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 208° C.

18. N-phenyl-6-chloro-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 200° C.

19. N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-5-fluoro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 175° C.

20. N-/4-nitrophenyl/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 300° C.

21. N-/4-methylaminophenyl/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 204° C.

22. N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-8-methoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 163° C.

23. N-/4-diethylaminophenyl/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 140° C.

24. N-/4-pyrrolidinophenyl/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 253° C.

25. N-(4-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-6-n-butyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

26. N-(4-methoxycarbonylmethoxyphenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

27. N-(3-n-butylthiophenyl)-6-n-butoxy-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

28. N-(4-bromophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

29. N-(3-cyanophenyl)-6-bromo-1,2-dihydro-1-ethyl-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

30. N-(4-methylsulphonylphenyl)-1,2-dihydro-1-ethyl-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

31. N-/4-(N-n-butyl-N-n-propyl-amino)phenyl/-6-acetoxy-1,2-dihydro-1-ethyl-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

32. N-(4-methoxycarboxylmethyl-phenyl)-1,2-dihydro-6-dimethyl-amino-1-ethyl-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

33. N-(4-carboxyphenyl)-6-n-butylamino-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, sodium salt.

34. N-(3-i-butyrylphenyl)-6-acetylamino-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

35. N-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 227° C.

36. N-(4-piperidinophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-6,7-methylenedioxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, hydrochloride.

37. N-(4-n-butylaminophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4,6-dihydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

38. N-(4-ethoxycarbonylmethylphenyl)-1-cyclohexyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

39. N-phenyl-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

40. N-phenyl-1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

41. N-(4-acetylaminophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 231°-4° C.

42. N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-5-nitro-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 260° C.

43. N-phenyl-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 200°-204° C.

44. N-(4-allylphenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

45. N-(4-ethyaminophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

46. N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-1,6-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 201° C.

47. N-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-1-allyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 170°-173° C.

48. N-(4-acetylphenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 212° C.

49. N-(3-methylmercaptophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 153° C.

50. N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-(4-methylphenyl)-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

51. N-phenyl-1-allyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 168°-71° C.

52. N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-(4-methylcyclohexyl)-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

53. N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-(4-methoxycyclohexyl)-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, and

54. N-(4-pivaloyloxyphenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

EXAMPLE 2

A mixture of N-phenylcarbamoyl-dimethylmalonate (14 parts) and 4-methoxy-N-methyl-aniline (7 parts) is heated at 200° C. for 3 h. The methanol formed is distilled off continuously. The reaction mixture is poured into warm acetic acid, and the product, N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-6-methoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (1) (the same compound as 1:2), precipitates and is filtered off. M. p. 192°-3° C.

In essentially the same manner the following compounds are obtained from N-phenylcarbamoyl-dimethylmalonate and indoline and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline, respectively:

2. N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 215°-7° C., and

3. N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide. m. p. 177°-8° C.

EXAMPLE 3

To a mixture of 27 parts of N-phenylcarbamoyl acetic acid ethyl ester in 75 parts of dimethylformamide are added 5.3 parts of a 60% suspension of sodium hydride in mineral oil. The mixture is heated at 80° C. for 15 minutes. A solution of 22 parts of N-methyl isatoic anhydride (=1-methyl-2H-3,1-benzoxazine-2,4(1H)dione) in 125 parts of dimethylformamide is added. The reaction mixture is then heated at 110° C. for 30 minutes and cooled to room temperature. The crystalline precipitate is filtered off, and methylene chloride and aqueous hydrochloric acid are added. After shaking until clear phases are obtained, the methylene chloride phase is washed with water and evaporated to dryness in vacuo. The residue is crystallized from pyridine to give N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (1) (the same compound as 1:1). M. p. 199°-200° C.

EXAMPLE 4

A mixture of 46 parts of 1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester and 240 parts of phosphorous oxychloride is heated at 80° C. for 2 h. The excess of phosphorous oxychloride is distilled off in vacuo. The residue is cooled to 0° C. and dissolved in methanol. Ice and water are added. The crystals of 1,2-dihydro-4-chloro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester precipitate are filtered off and dried. M. p. 108° C.

A mixture of 65 parts of 1,2-dihydro-4-chloro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester, 17.3 parts of 63% aqueous hydrobromic acid, and 36.3 parts of acetic anhydride is heated at 65° C. for 4 h and then left overnight at room temperature. The crystals formed are filtered off and then dissolved in aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and extracted with methylene chloride.

The aqueous phase is acidified. The crystals of 1,2-dihydro-4-chloro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid precipitate are filtered off and dried. M. p. 228° C.

A mixture of 13.8 parts of 1,2-dihydro-4-chloro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid, 60 parts of methylene chloride, and 12.4 parts of triethylamine is cooled to -10° C., and a solution of 7.3 parts of thionyl chloride in 18 parts of methylene chloride is added dropwise while stirring the reaction mixture. The stirring is continued at 0° C. for 1.5 h whereafter 6.3 parts of aniline are added dropwise at -10° C., and the temperature is then allowed to rise to room temperature. Ice-water is added, and the crystals of N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-chloro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide are filtered off and dried. M. p. >260° C.

A mixture containing one part of each of anhydrous sodium acetate, dimethylformamide, and N-phenyl-4-chloro-1,2-dihydro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide is heated at 150° C. for 3 h. The reaction mixture is cooled to room temperature, aqueous hydrochloric acid is added, and thereafter extracted with ethyl acetate. From the extract is obtained after evaporation to dryness and crystallization from pyridine N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (1) (the same compound as 1:1). M. p. 199°-200° C.

EXAMPLE 5

A mixture of one part of N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-methoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (prepared according to Example 6) and 5 parts of 5 molar aqueous hydrochloric acid is refluxed for 2.5 h, cooled to room temperature and then neutralized with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution. The crystalline product obtained is filtered off and recrystallized from pyridine to give N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (1) (the same compound as 1:1). M. p. 199°-200° C.

The same result is obtained if in the example given above the 5 molar aqueous hydrochloric acid solution is replaced by 63% aqueous hydrobromic acid solution.

The same result is also obtained if one part of N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-methoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide is refluxed with 5 parts of aqueous 5 molar sodium hydroxide solution for 1 h and the reaction mixture is neutralized with aqueous hydrochloric acid and worked up as described above.

EXAMPLE 6

A mixture of 20 parts of 1,2-dihydro-4-chloro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester (see Example 4), 5.2 parts of sodium methoxide, and 200 parts of methanol is stirred at 40° C. for 3 h and then allowed to cool to room temperature and filtered. The filtrate is evaporated to dryness in vacuo, and the residue is dissolved in methylene chloride and extracted with aqueous 2M sodium hydroxide solution and with ice-water. The methylene chloride solution is evaporated to dryness in vacuo. The residue solidifies and consists of 1,2-dihydro-4-methoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester. M. p. 80° C.

A mixture consisting of 12.3 parts of 1,2-dihydro-4-methoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester, 2 parts of sodium hydroxide, 2.5 parts of water, and 50 parts of dioxane is refluxed for 2.5 h. The precipitate formed is filtered off and dissolved in water. The aqueous solution is washed with methylene chloride and then acidified with aqueous hydrochloric acid. The precipitate formed consists of 1,2-dihydro-4-methoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid. M. p. 177° C.

A solution of 4.7 parts of 1.2-dihydro-4-methoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid, 4.2 parts of triethylamine in 45 parts of chloroform is cooled to -6° C., and a solution of 2.6 parts of thionyl chloride in 9 parts of chloroform is added dropwise with stirring. The temperature is allowed to rise to 0° C., and after 1 h 2.1 parts of aniline are added dropwise.

The reaction mixture is allowed to warm up to room temperature and is then extracted with water and aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution. The chloroform solution is evaporated to dryness in vacuo, and the residue is crystallized from butanone to give N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-methoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (1). M. p. 232°-4° C.

In essentially the same manner the following compounds are obtained from the corresponding starting materials.

2. N-phenyl-4-n-butoxy-1,2-dihydro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

3. N-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-methoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 217° C.

4. N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-methoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 211° C.

5. N-methyl-N-(4-methylaminophenyl)-4-n-butoxy-1,2-dihydro-1-isobutyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, and

6. N-ethyl-N-2-pyridyl-1,2-dihydro-6-dimethylamino-4-methoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

EXAMPLE 7

A mixture of 1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester (5 parts), 2-aminothiazole (2.5 parts), and pyridine (20 parts) is heated at 125° C. for 4 h. The methanol formed is distilled off continuously. The product, N-(2-thiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (1), precipitates on cooling to room temperature and is filtered off and recrystallized from pyridine. M. p. 251°-3° C.

In essentially the same manner the following compounds are obtained from the corresponding starting materials.

2. N-/2-pyridyl/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 180°-1° C.

3. N-/2-(4-methyl-thiazolyl)/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 206° C.

4. N-pyrazinyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide,m. p. 218°-20° C.

5. N-/2-pyrimidinyl/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 220°-2° C.

6. N-/2-pyridyl/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-isopropyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 209° C.

7. N-/2-pyridyl/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-isobutyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 167° C.

8. N-/2-thiazolyl/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-isobutyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 239° C.

9. N-/2-thiazolyl/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-isopropyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 231° C.

10. N-/2-pyridyl/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1-n-propyl-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 181° C.

11. N-/2-thiazolyl/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1-n-propyl-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 211° C.

12. N-(3-pyridyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 215° C.

13. N-(4-pyridyl)-6-n-butyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

14. N-(5-chloro-2-pyridyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamde.

15. N-(2-methoxy-5-pyridyl)-6-n-butoxy-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

16. N-(4,6-dimethyl-2-pyridyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

17. N-(4-methyl-2-thiazolyl)-6-chloro-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

18. N-(5-chloro-2-thiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-5-fluoro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

19. N-pyrazinyl-1-allyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 230°-232° C.

20. N-(2-thiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-5-nitroquinoline-3-carboxamide.

21. N-(2-pyridyl)-1,2-dihydro-6-dimethylamino-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

22. N-(3-pyridazinyl)-6-n-butylamino-1,2-dihydro-1-ethyl-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

23. N-(2-thiazolyl)-6-acetylamino-1,2-dihydro-1-ethyl-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

24. N-(2-imidazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, hydrochloride, m. p. 287° C.

25. N-(3-methyl-5-isothiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-hydroxy-6,7-methylenedioxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

26. N-(4-imidazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4,6-dihydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

27. N-(3-pyrazolyl)-1-cyclohexyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

28. N-(3-methyl-5-isothiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 274° C.

29. N-/4-(2,6-dimethylpyrimidyl)/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 260° C.

30. N-/5-(2-methoxypyridyl)/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 201° C., and

31. N-/2-(4,5-dihydrothiazolyl)/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

EXAMPLE 8

A mixture consisting of 34.5 parts of N-(4-nitrophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (1:20), 0.3 parts of platinic oxide, and 330 parts of toluene is hydrogenated at 50° C. and at 5 atm. The catalyst is filtered off and the filtrate is evaporated to dryness in vacuo. The residue crystallizes to give N-(4-aminophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (1). M. p. 300° C.

2. N-phenyl-5-amino-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m.p. 219° C. (from compound 1:42)

3. N-(4-aminophenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (from compound 20:42)

4. N-methyl-N-phenyl-5-amino-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (from compound 20:36)

5. N-(2-thiazolyl)-5-amino-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (from compound 7:20), and

6. N-methyl-N-(2-thiazolyl)-5-amino-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (from compound 20:70)

EXAMPLE 9

A mixture of 2 parts of N-(4-aminophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, 5 parts of pyridine, and 10 parts of acetic anhydride is left overnight at room temperature. Water is added and the precipitate is filtered off and washed with 2M aqueous hydrochloric acid, water, methanol and ethylether to give N-(4-acetylaminophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (1). M. p. 231°-4° C. (The same compound as 1:41.)

In essentially the same manner the following compounds are obtained from the corresponding starting materials:

2. N-methyl-N-phenyl-4-acetylamino-1,2-dihydro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (from compound 10:5)

3. N-methyl-N-phenyl-4-(N-acetyl-N-methylamino)-1,2-dihydro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (from compound 10:6) and

4. N-methyl-N-phenyl-4-acetoxy-1,2-dihydro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 260° C. (from compound 1:43)

EXAMPLE 10

A reaction mixture consisting of N-phenyl-4-chloro-1,2-dihydro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (12 parts), concentrated aqueous ammonia (25 parts), and methanol (60 parts) is heated in an autoclave at 100° C. for 48 hours. After cooling to room temperature the precipitate formed is filtered off and recrystallized from pyridine and dried to give N-phenyl-4-amino-1,2-dihydro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (1). M. p. 248° C.

In essentially the same manner the following compounds are obtained from the corresponding starting materials.

2. N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-1-methyl-4-methylamino-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

3. N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-dimethylamino-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

4. N-phenyl-4-n-butylamino-1,2-dihydro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

5. N-methyl-N-phenyl-4-amino-1,2-dihydro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 227° C.

6. N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-1-methyl-4-methylamino-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 250° C.

7. N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-dimethylamino-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 169° C.

8. N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-6-methoxy-1-methyl-4-methylamino-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

9. N-methyl-N-phenyl-7-chloro-1,2-dihydro-1-methyl-4-methylamino-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

10. N-methyl-N-phenyl-1-allyl-4-amino-1,2-dihydro-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

11. N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-1,6-dimethyl-4-dimethylamino-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

12. N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-methyl-4-amino-1,2-dihydro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-2-carboxamide

13. N-(4-chlorophenyl)-N-methyl-4-amino-1,2-dihydro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

14. N-(2-thiazolyl)-4-amino-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

15. N-pyrazinyl-1,2-dihydro-4-methylamino-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylenequinoline-3-carboxamide

16. N-(2-pyridyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-dimethylamino-1,8-ethylene-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

17. N-methyl-N-(2-thiazolyl)-4-amino-1,2-dihydro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

18. N-methyl-N-(2-pyridyl)-1,2-dihydro-1-methyl-4-methylamino-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

19. N-methyl-N-pyrazinyl-1,2-dihydro-4-dimethylamino-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

20. N-phenyl-4-amino-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

21. N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-methylamino-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide, and

22. N-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-dimethylamino-1,8-ethylene-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

EXAMPLE 11

A reaction mixture consisting of N-methyl-isatoic anhydride (18 parts), N-phenyl-cyano-acetamide (18 parts), pyridine (100 parts), and triethylamine (10 parts) is stirred at room temperature for five days. Water is added and the precipitate formed is removed by filtration. The filtrate is acidified and extracted with methylene chloride. After drying and evaporation to dryness in vacuo the extract gives a crystalline residue which consists of N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-imino-1-methyl-quinoline-3-carboxamide (1). M. p. 275°-277° C.

In essentially the same manner the following compounds are obtained from the corresponding starting materials.

2. N-phenyl-6-chloro-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-imino-1-methyl-quinoline-3-carboxamide, and

3. N-(4-chlorophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-imino-1-methyl-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

EXAMPLE 12

A mixture of 1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (10 parts), aniline (5 parts), and pyridine (40 parts) is heated at 125° C. for 3 h. The ethanol formed is distilled off continuously. The product, N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (1) (the same compound as 2:2), precipitates on cooling to room temperature and is filtered off and recrystallized from pyridine. M. p. 215°-17° C.

In essentially the same manner the following compounds are obtained from the corresponding starting materials.

2. N-(4-chlorophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

3. N-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-6-methoxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

4. N-(3-butylthiophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-6,7-dimethoxy-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

5. N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-6-fluoro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

6. N-(4-carboxymethylphenyl)-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, calcium salt

7. N-(4-pyrrolidinophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, hydrochloride, and

8. N-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 230° C.

EXAMPLE 13

A mixture of 1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (10 parts), aniline (5 parts), and pyridine (40 parts) is heated at 125° C. for 3 h. The ethanol formed is distilled off continously. The product, N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide (1) (the same compound as 2:3), precipitates on cooling to room temperature and is filtered off and recrystallized from pyridine. M. p. 177°-8° C.

In essentially the same manner the following compounds are obtained from the corresponding starting materials.

2. N-(4-n-pentanoyloxyphenyl)-6-chloro-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide

3. N-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-6-dimethylamino-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1.8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide

4. N-(4-n-butylaminophenyl)-6-i-butyrylamino-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide

5. N-(4-acetylaminophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-6,7-methylenedioxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide

6. N-(4-carboxymethyloxyphenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4,6-dihydroxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide, sodium salt, and

7. N-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 208° C.

EXAMPLE 14

A mixture of 1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (10 parts), aniline (4 parts), and pyridine (40 parts) is heated at 125° C. for 3 h. The ethanol formed is distilled off continuously. The product, N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (1) (the same compound as 2:2), precipitates on cooling to room temperature and is filtered off. M. p. 215°-17° C.

In substantially the same manner the following compounds are obtained from the corresponding starting materials.

2. N-(3-pyridyl)-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

3. N-(4-pyridyl)-6-n-butyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

4. N-(5-chloro-2-pyridyl)-1,2-dihydro-6,7-dimethoxy-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

5. N-(2-methoxy-5-pyridyl)-1,2-dihydro-6-fluoro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

6. N-(4,6-dimethyl-2-pyridyl)-6-chloro-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

7. N-(4-methyl-2-thiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-6-dimethylamino-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

8. N-(5-chloro-2-thiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-6-i-butyrylamino-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

9. N-pyrazinyl-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 244° C.

10. N-(2-pyridyl)-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

11. N-(2-thiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

12. N-(3-pyridazinyl)-1,2-dihydro-4,6-dihydroxy-1,8-ethylene-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

13. N-(2-pyrimidinyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylen-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

14. N-(2-imidazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

15. N-(3-methyl-5-isothiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

16. N-(4-imidazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, and

17. N-pyrazinyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 243° C.

EXAMPLE 15

To a mixture of 27 parts of N-phenylcarbamoyl acetic acid ethyl ester in 75 parts of dimethylformamide are added 5.3 parts of a 60% suspension of sodium hydride in mineral oil. The mixture is heated at 80° C. for 15 minutes. A solution of 22 parts of N-methyl isatoic anhydride (=1-methyl-2H-3,1-benzoxazine-2,4(1H)dione) in 125 parts of dimethylformamide is added. The reaction mixture is then heated at 110° C. for 30 minutes and cooled to room temperature. The crystalline precipitate is filtered off and washed with water, methanol, and ethyl ether and consists of N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide sodium salt (1).

EXAMPLE 16

The general method described in Example 6 above is used for the preparation of the following compounds from the corresponding starting materials.

1. N-(2-thiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-methoxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

2. N-pyrazinyl-1,2-dihydro-4-methoxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide, and

3. N-(2-pyridyl)-4-n-butoxy-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

EXAMPLE 17

The general method described in Example 6 above is used for the preparation of the following compounds from the corresponding starting materials.

1. N-(2-thiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-methoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, and

2. N-(2-pyridyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-i-butoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

EXAMPLE 18

The general method described in Example 6 above is used for the preparation of the following compounds from the corresponding starting materials.

1. N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-methoxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

2. N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-methoxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide, and

3. N-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-ethoxy-1,8-ethylene-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

EXAMPLE 19

A reaction mixture consisting of N-methyl malonanilic acid methyl ester (13 parts), sodium methoxide (4,2 parts) and dimethyl formamide (62 parts) is heated to 100° C. under vacuum for 40 minutes and methanol formed is distilled off, whereafter 1,8-trimethylene-isatoic anhydride (=6,7-dihydro-1H,3H,5H-pyrido(3,2,1-ij)(3,1)-benzoxazine-1,3-dione) (6,4 parts) is added at 80° C. The reaction mixture is then heated at 110° C. while stirring under vacuum for 40 minutes. Water is added after cooling to room temperature, and the solution so obtained is extracted with ethyl ether. The aqueous phase is acidified with hydrochloric acid solution and extracted with methylene chloride. The extract is washed with water, dried and evaporated to dryness. The crystalline residue is washed with acetone and, dried, consists of N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide (1). M. p. 234° C.

In essentially the same manner the following compounds are obtained from the corresponding starting materials.

2. N-(4-fluorophenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide, and

3. N-allyl-N-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide

EXAMPLE 20

Phosphorous trichloride (1.73 parts) is added dropwise to a solution of 8.1 parts of N-methylaniline in 40 parts to dry toluene while stirring the reaction mixture. Stirring is continued at room temperature for 30 minutes, whereafter 6.15 parts of 1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-allyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid are added. The reaction mixture is heated at 100° C. for two hours and then cooled down.

The reaction mixture is extracted with a 2M sodium hydroxide solution and the extract obtained is neutralized and clarified by filtration.

The filtrate is acidifed and the precipitate formed is filtered off and dissolved in methylene chloride and the solution is clarified by filtration and evaporated to dryness. The crystalline residue is washed with acetone and dried.

The product so obtained consists of N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-1-allyl-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, (1). M. p. 204° C.

In essentially the same manner the following compounds are obtained from the corresponding starting materials.

2. N-methyl-N-phenyl-7-chloro-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 193° C.

3. N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-6-dimethylamino-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. >300° C.

4. N-(4-chloro-phenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-6-methoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 197° C.

5. N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-6-methoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 240° C.

6. N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-6-methoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 220° C.

7. N-1-diphenyl-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

8. N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4,6-dihydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

9. N-(4-piperidinophenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

10. N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-1-ethyl-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

11. N-/4-carboxymethylphenyl/-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

12. N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-isopropyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

13. N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-isobutyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

14. N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1-n-propyl-quinoline-3-carboxamide

15. N-methyl-N-phenyl-6-chloro-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

16. N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-5-fluoro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

17. N-methyl-N-phenyl-5-dimethylamino-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

18. N-methyl-N-/4-methylaminophenyl/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

19. N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-8-methoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

20. N-methyl-N-/4-diethylaminophenyl/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

21. N-methyl-N-/4-pyrrolidinophenyl/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

22. N-(3-n-butylthiophenyl)-N-methyl-6-n-butoxy-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

23. N-(4-bromophenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

24. N-(3-cyanophenyl)-N-methyl-6-bromo-1,2-dihydro-1-ethyl-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

25. N-methyl-N-(4-methylsulphonylphenyl)-1,2-dihydro-1-ethyl-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

26. N-/4-(N-n-butyl-N-n-propyl-amino)phenyl-N-methyl-6-acetoxy-1,2-dihydro-1-ethyl-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

27. N-(4-carboxyphenyl)-N-methyl-6-n-butylamino-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, sodium salt

28. N-(3-i-butyrylphenyl)-N-methyl-6-acetylamino-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

29. N-methyl-N-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

30. N-methyl-N-(4-piperidinophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-6,7-methylenedioxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, hydrochloride

31. N-(4-n-butylaminophenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4,6-dihydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

32. N-(4-ethoxycarbonylmethylphenyl)-N-methyl-1-cyclohexyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

33. N-methyl-N-phenyl-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

34. N-methyl-N-phenyl-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

35. N-(4-acetylaminophenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

36. N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-5-nitro-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

37. N-phenyl-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 200°-204° C.

38. N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-1,6-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

39. N-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-N-methyl-1-allyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

40. N-(4-acetylphenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

41. N-methyl-N-(3-methylmercaptophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

42. N-methyl-N-/4-nitrophenyl/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

43. N-(3-hydroxyphenyl)N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

44. N-(4-carboxymethylphenyl)N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-6,7-dimethoxy-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

45. N-(4-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-N-methyl-6-n-butyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

46. N-(4-methoxycarbonylmethoxyphenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

47. N-(4-methoxycarboxylmethyl-phenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-6-dimethylamino-1-ethyl-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

48. N-(4-acetoxyphenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

49. N-(4-ethylaminophenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

50. N-methyl-N-(4-pivaloyloxyphenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

51. N-ethyl-N-(2-thiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

52. N-propyl-N-(2-pyridyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

53. N-methyl-N-/2-(4-methyl-thiazolyl)/-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

54. N-(2-methoxy-ethyl)-N-pyrazinyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

55. N-allyl-N-(2-pyrimidinyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

56. N-methyl-N-(2-pyridyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-isopropyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

57. N-methyl-N-(2-pyridyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-isobutyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

58. N-methyl-N-(2-thiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-isobutyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

59. N-methyl-N-(2-thiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-isopropyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

60. N-methyl-N-(2-pyridyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1-n-propyl-quinoline-3-carboxamide

61. N-methyl-N-(2-thiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1-n-propylquinoline-3-carboxamide

62. N-methyl-N-(3-pyridyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

63. N-methyl-N-(4-pyridyl)-6-n-butyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

64. N-(5-chloro-2-pyridyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

65. N-(2-methoxy-5-pyridyl)-N-methyl-6-n-butoxy-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

66. N-(4,6-dimethyl-2-pyridyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

67. N-methyl-N-(4-methyl-2-thiazolyl)-6-chloro-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

68. N-(5-chloro-2-thiazolyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-5-fluoro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

69. N-methyl-N-pyrazinyl-1-allyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

70. N-methyl-N-(2-thiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-5-nitro-quinoline-3-carboxamide

71. N-methyl-N-(2-pyridyl)-1,2-dihydro-6-dimethylamino-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

72. N-methyl-N-(3-pyridazinyl)-6-n-butylamino-1,2-dihydro-1-ethyl-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

73. N-methyl-N-(2-thiazolyl)-6-acetylamino-1,2-dihydro-1-ethyl-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

74. N-(2-imidazolyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

75. N-methyl-N-(3-methyl-5-isothiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-hydroxy-6,7-methylenedioxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

76. N-(4-imidazolyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4,6-dihydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

77. N-methyl-N-(3-pyrazolyl)-1-cyclopentyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

78. N-methyl-N-(3-methyl-5-isothiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

79. N-/4-(2,6-dimethylpyrimidyl)/-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, and

80. N-/5-(2-methoxypyridyl)/-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide

EXAMPLE 21

A mixture consisting of indoline (19 parts) and methanetricarboxylic acid triethylester (37 parts) is heated at 100° C. (under vacuum) for 5 hours while the ethanol formed is distilled off. The crystalline precipitate formed is filtered off and dissolved in ethyl ether. The ethereal solution is evaporated to dryness and diphenylether (25 parts) is added to the residue and the mixture so obtained is heated at 200° C. for 8 h. After cooling to room temperature the reaction mixture is poured into aqueous sodium hydroxide solution. This mixture is washed with ethyl ether and the aqueous phase is acidified and extracted with methylene chloride.

The extract is dried and evaporated to dryness. The residue is purified by liquid chromatography to give 1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (1). M. p. 150° C.

The ethylester (1) described above (3,4 parts) is dissolved in a solution consisting of acetic acid (14,3 parts) and 63% aqueous hydrobromic acid (5,8 parts). The solution so obtained is heated at 120° C. for 20 minutes. After standing over night at room temperature a crystalline precipitate is formed which is filtered off. The crystals are reprecipitated by dissolving in aqueous alkali and acidification to give 1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid (2). M. p. 260° C.

N,N-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (2,6 parts) is added to a mixture consisting of 1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-3-carboxylic acid (2) (2,3 parts), N-methylaniline (1,1 parts) and dry toluene (20 parts) while stirring. Thereafter the stirring is continued at 90° C. for one hour. The reaction mixture is cooled to room temperature and the precipitate formed is filtered off. The precipitate is extracted with 2M sodium hydroxide solution. The extract is neutralized and clarified by filtration and acidified with hydrochloric acid solution and then extracted with methylene chloride. The methylene chloride extract is dried and evaporated to dryness in vacuum. The crystalline residue is washed with acetone and dried to give N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (3). M. p. 260° C.

In essentially the same manner the following compounds are obtained from the corresponding starting materials.

4. N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 200°-204° C.

5. N-ethyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 163° C.

6. N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 185° C.

7. N-methyl-N-(2-pyridyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 141° C.

8. N-(n-butyl)-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 185° C.

9. N-(4-chlorophenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 212° C.

10. N-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, dec. 195°-200° C.

11. N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 258° C.

12. N-allyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 186° C.

13. N-(4-carboxyphenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 136° C.

14. N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-6-methoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 220° C.

15. N-(4-n-butylphenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-6-dimethylamino-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

16. N-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-ethyl-1,2-dihydro-5-fluoro-4-methoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

17. N-(3-methoxyphenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-isopropyl-6-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

18. N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1,5-dimethyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

19. N-methyl-N-(4-pyrrolidinophenyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

20. N-methyl-N-pyrazinyl-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

21. N-methyl-N-2-thiazolyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 142° C.

22. N-methyl-N-2-pyrimidinyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, sodium salt

23. N-methyl-N-pyrazinyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 176° C.

24. N-methyl-N-(3-methyl-5-isothiazolyl)-6-chloro-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

25. N-methyl-N-2-pyridyl-1-n-butyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-6-methoxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

26. N-ethyl-N-2-pyridyl-1,2-dihydro-6-dimethylamino-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

27. N-/5-(2-methoxypyridyl)/-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-6-fluoro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

28. N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

29. N-n-butyl-N-(4-chlorophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

30. N-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

31. N-methyl-N-2-thiazolyl-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

32. N-methyl-N-2-pyrimidinyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

33. N-ethyl-N-2-pyridyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,8-trimethylene-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

34. N-allyl-N-/5-(2-methoxypyridyl)/-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide.

35. N-(4-fluorophenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 197° C.

36. N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, sodium salt.

37. N-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 160°.

38. N-(2-methoxycarbonylphenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 167° C.

39. N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 122° C.

40. N-(2-acetoxyethyl)-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, and

41. N-(4-methoxycarbonylphenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, m. p. 163° C.

EXAMPLE 22

This example illustrates the effect of the compounds of the general formula I in the carrageenan edema test in rats.

A modification of a method described in (5) was used. Female Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 110-120 g were used. At least 10 animals were used in each experimental group. Foot edema was induced by injecting carrageenan in 0.9% NaCl into the plantar surface of the right hind paw of the rats.

The substances suspended in aqueous methocel solution 10 ml/kg were administered intragastrically 30 minutes before the injection of carrageenan. The control groups were given methocel solution 10 ml/kg.

Three hours after carrageenan injection the animals were killed. The hind feet were cut off and weighed. The difference in weight of the injected right paw and the uninjected left paw was called edema weight.

Some of the results obtained are given in Table 1 below. The compounds are named by a number code, a:b, as described above before Example 1.

The effect of the substances was assessed by the edema weight expressed in percent after comparison with the control groups.

                  TABLE 1                                                          ______________________________________                                         Carrageenan edema test in rats - preliminary results                           Dose 80 mg/kg, p.o.                                                                         Potentiation of the                                               Compound     carrageenan edema, %                                              ______________________________________                                         1:1          40                                                                1:2          61                                                                1:3          41                                                                1:5          28                                                                1:8          21                                                                1:9          48                                                                 1:10        68                                                                 1:11        76                                                                 1:12        29                                                                 1:15        30                                                                 1:17        43                                                                 1:18        36                                                                 1:19        67                                                                 1:21        22                                                                 1:22        58                                                                 1:23        29                                                                 1:43        84                                                                 1:45        47                                                                 1:46        32                                                                2:2          43                                                                2:3          61                                                                6:1          60                                                                6:3          32                                                                7:1          84                                                                7:2          44                                                                7:3          47                                                                7:4          34                                                                 7:10        24                                                                10:1         36                                                                11:1         46                                                                12:8         51                                                                14:9         21                                                                21:6         38                                                                21:9         52                                                                ______________________________________                                    

The following additional compounds potentiate significantly the carrageenan edema in the foregoing test in a dose within the range 10-160 mg/kg p. o.:

8:1, 9:1, 12:7, 13:3, 14:7, 14:12, 16:1, 17:1, 18:1, 18:2, 18:3, 20:5, 20:9, 20:10, 20:16, 20:29, 20:34, 20:35, 20:39, 21:3, 21:5, 21:7, 21:8, 21:10, 21:12, 21:14, 21:16, 21:20, 21:21, 21:35

EXAMPLE 23

This example illustrates the effect of the compounds of the general formula I in the adjuvant arthritis test in rats.

The adjuvant arthritis test in rats produces a delayed hypersensitivity reaction and can be used for a determination of variations of the delayed hypersensitivity reaction upon drug administration to the host. An increase in the extent of the delayed hypersensitivity reaction upon drug administration consequently indicates enhanced cell-mediated immunity in the host.

A modification of a method described in (12) was used. Male Lister hooded rats weighing 250-275 g were used. At least 9 animals were used in each experimental group.

A single intradermal injection of 0.5 mg/0.1 ml heat killed Mycobacterium butyricum suspended in sterile liquid paraffinum was given into the right hind foot of all rats. After this injection, day 0, the volume of the left hind paw, measured by water displacement, was followed to the end of the experiment.

The substances suspended in aqueous methocel solution 10 ml/kg were given intragastrically. The control group was given methocel solution 10 ml/kg. The different groups of animals were thus treated once daily from day -4 to day 14. The effect of the substances was assessed by the left foot volume expressed in percent after comparison with the control groups.

Some of the results are given in Table 2 below. Compounds of the general formula I are compared with the known compounds levamisole and penicillamine which are considered to have immunostimulant activities (3).

                  TABLE 2                                                          ______________________________________                                         Preliminary results from the adjuvant arthritis test in rats                                          Increase of the volume                                              Dose, mg/kg                                                                               of the left foot                                        Compound    p.o.       %                                                       ______________________________________                                         1:1         40         41                                                      "           20         50                                                      7:1         40         35                                                      "           20         44                                                       1:11       40         45                                                       1:43       10         48                                                      2:2         40         40                                                      2:3         "          39                                                      6:1         "          34                                                      7:4         "          29                                                      21:6        10         41                                                      21:9        10         51                                                      Penicillamine                                                                              40          0                                                      Levamisole  10         12                                                      "            5          4                                                      ______________________________________                                    

The following additional compounds have a significant potentiating effect in the adjuvant arthritis test in rats in a dose of 40 mg/kg p.o.: 1:2, 1:9, 1:10, 1:12, 1:19, 1:22, 13:3, 21:4, 21:5, 21:7, 21:11, 21:14, 21:17, 21:19, 21:23, 21:24, 21:26, 21:28, 21:30, 21:31, 21:33, 21:35.

The toxicity of the compounds of the general formula I is low. The LD50 values which have been determined in mice p. o. are higher than 1000 mg/kg.

The acute LD50 of levamisole in mice is 285 mg/kg p. o. (13).

This example shows that the new compounds enhance cell-mediated immunity (3).

EXAMPLE 24

This example illustrates the effect of the compounds of the general formula I in the pertussis vaccine pleurisy test.

Pertussis vaccine pleurisy is a useful test for the evaluation of the effect of chemical compounds on the immune system. Compounds which enhance the response in this delayed hypersensitivity reaction are considered to stimulate cell-mediated immunity.

A modification of a method described in (4) was used. Male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 250-275 g were used. At least ten animals were used in each group.

Equal volumes of Freund's incomplete adjuvant and a suspension of heat killed Bordetella pertussis organisms were mixed. To sensitize animals, day 0, 0.2 ml of a mixture containing 0.036×10¹⁰ organisms/ml was injected into the dorsal surface of one hind paw and one forepaw.

The animals were challenged on day 12 with 0.1 ml of a mixture containing 0.25×10¹⁰ organisms/ml that was injected intrapleurally. 48 hours after challenge, day 14, the volume of the exudate in the pleural cavity was measured.

The substances suspended in aqueous methocel solution 10 ml/kg were given intragastrically once daily from day 10 to day 13. The control groups were given methocel solution 10 ml/kg.

The effect of the substances was assessed by the exudate volume expressed in percent after comparison with the control groups.

Some of the results are given in Table 3 below. The compounds of the general formula I are compared with the known compounds levamisole and penicillamine (4).

                  TABLE 3                                                          ______________________________________                                         Pertussis vaccine pleurisy test in rats - preliminary results                  Dose 10 mg/kg, p.o.                                                                        Enhancement of the delayed                                                     hypersensitivity reaction                                                      assessed by the exudate vol.                                       Compound    %                                                                  ______________________________________                                         1:1         55                                                                 1:5         47                                                                 1:8         27                                                                  1:10       30                                                                  1:11       37                                                                  1:12       65                                                                  1:43       70                                                                  1:50       46                                                                 2:2         64                                                                 2:3         66                                                                 6:1         91                                                                 7:1         81                                                                 7:4         27                                                                  7:10       41                                                                  7:28       61                                                                 12:8        29                                                                 13:7        21                                                                 14:17       27                                                                 21:5        29                                                                 21:6        90                                                                 21:7        21                                                                 21:9        84                                                                 21:11       34                                                                 Penicillamine                                                                              17                                                                 Levamisole  13                                                                 ______________________________________                                    

The following additional compounds have a significant enhancing effect in the pertussis vaccine pleurisy test in rats in a dose of 10 mg/kg p.o.:

1:2, 1:9, 1:13, 1:19, 1:22, 9:1, 10:5, 10:6, 10:12, 10:13, 10:17, 10:20, 12:7, 13:3, 19:1, 19:2, 20:1, 20:2, 20:3, 20:4, 20:5, 20:9, 20:10, 20:16, 20:20, 20:21, 20:29, 20:34, 20:35, 20:39, 20:54, 20:74, 20:78, 21:3, 21:8, 21:10, 21:12, 21:13, 21:14, 21:16, 21:17, 21:19, 21:20, 21:21, 21:23, 21:24, 21:26, 21:28, 21:30, 21:31, 21:33, 21:35

EXAMPLE 25 Manufacturing process for tablets a 20 mg Model batch of 1000 tablets

    ______________________________________                                         I        Active Compound, mesh.sup.+  70                                                                    20     g                                                   Lactosum, Ph. Nord. 210    g                                          II       Amylum maidis, Ph. Nord.                                                                           75     g                                                   Kollidon 25, B.A.S.F.                                                                              3.5    g                                          III      Aqua purificata     q.s.                                                       Talcum, Ph. Nord.   15     g                                                   Magnesii stearas, Ph. Nord.                                                                        1.5    g                                                   Weight of 1000 tablets                                                                             325    g                                          ______________________________________                                    

Weight of 1 tablet: 325 mg

(+) The mesh standard is according to the international system of code DIN 4189/1968.

Punch: 10.5 mm round, flat, scored, bevel-edged

Mix the screened substanes I thoroughly and then moisten with II, whereupon the mixture is granulated through a stainless sieve No. 10 (mesh 25). Dry the granulate in an oven at a maximum temperature of 40° C. then repeat sieving through sieve No. 10. Add the substances under III and mix thoroughly. Punch tablets with a gross weight of about 325 mg.

EXAMPLE 26 Suspension for injection 20 mg/ml

    ______________________________________                                         Active Compound, mesh 100                                                                               20    mg                                              Sodium chloride          8     mg                                              Carboxy methylcellulose  1     mg                                              Benzyl alcohol           1     mg                                              Distilled water to make  1     ml                                              ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 27 Oral suspension 5 mg/ml

    ______________________________________                                         Active Compound, mesh 100                                                                              20     mg                                              Sorbitol                600    mg                                              Flavouring compound     q.s.                                                   Colour                  q.s.                                                   Water to make           1      ml                                              ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 28 Suppositoria a 25 mg

    ______________________________________                                         Active Compound        25 mg                                                   Cocoa butter           q.s.                                                    ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 29 Ointment 2%

    ______________________________________                                         Active compound        2      g                                                Triethanolamine        1      g                                                Glycerol               7      g                                                Cetanol                2.5    g                                                Lanoline               2.5    g                                                Stearic acid           20     g                                                Sorbitan monooleate    0.5    g                                                Sodium hydroxide       0.2    g                                                Methyl paraben         0.3    g                                                Propyl paraben         0.1    g                                                Ethanol                0.9    g                                                Water to make          100    g                                                ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 30 Capsules a 10 mg

    ______________________________________                                         Active compound        10     mg                                               Magnesium stearate     2      mg                                               Talcum                 188    mg                                               ______________________________________                                    

The substances are mixed and filled in capsules.

EXAMPLE 31 20 mg sterile powder to be dissolved in water for injection

    ______________________________________                                         Watersoluble Active Compound                                                                            10    mg                                              Sodium chloride          4     mg                                              Methyl paraben           0.7   mg                                              Propyl paraben           0.3   mg                                              ______________________________________                                    

The substances are dissolved in distilled water.

The solution is dispensed in vials and freeze-dried.

EXAMPLE 32 Injectable solution 20 mg/ml

    ______________________________________                                         Watersoluble Active Compound                                                                            20    mg                                              Ascorbic acid            1     mg                                              Sodium bisulfite         1     mg                                              Sodium chloride          6     mg                                              Methyl paraben           0.7   mg                                              Propyl paraben           0.3   mg                                              Distilled water to make  1     ml                                              ______________________________________                                    

In the foregoing Examples 25-32 relating to compositions the Active Compounds are those covered by the general formula I above or their addition salts with pharmaceutically acceptable inorganic or organic acids. Watersoluble Active Compounds are such addition salts or salts with a pharmaceutically acceptable inorganic or organic cations. Those Active Compounds which are disclosed in the foregoing Examples 1-21 are preferred as Active Compounds as such or in the form of their salts.

Also, it is to be noted that two or more Active Compounds of the invention may be used in combination in the compositions illustrated, and also, if desired, in combination with other pharmacologically active agents.

Various modifications and equivalents will be apparent to one skilled in the art and may be used in the compounds, compositions, and methods of the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, and it is therefore to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the specific examples and embodiments disclosed herein.

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What we claim is:
 1. A method of treating a living animal body in order to enhance cell-mediated immunity comprising administering to said animal body a compound having the formula: ##STR11## or a tautomer thereof, wherein the groups A¹ and A² are interchanged and there is a 2,3- rather than a 3,4-double bond;where R¹, R² and R³ are the same or different and selected from the group consisting of: hydrogen; lower alkyl; lower alkoxy; halogen; OH; OCOR⁸ ; NR⁶ R⁷ ; and NR⁶ COR⁸ ; and where R¹ and R² or R² and R³ together may also be in the form of a methylenedioxy group; and where only one of R¹, R², and R³ may be NO₂ ; where R⁴ is selected from the group consisting of: lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; cycloalkyl optionally mono- or disubstituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, OH and OCOR⁸ ; and phenyl optionally mono- or disubstituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy and halogen, and wherein R⁵ is selected from the group consisting of a five- or six-membered heterocyclic ring containing at most two heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of S and N, and being optionally mono- or disubstituted with substituents selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy and halogen, and R⁵ is further selected from the group: ##STR12## wherein R⁹, R¹⁰ and R¹¹ are the same or different and selected from the group consisting of: hydrogen; lower alkyl; lower alkenyl; lower alkoxy; lower alkylthio; halogen; CN; SO₂ CH₃ ; OH; OCOR⁸ ; NR⁶ R⁷ ; NR⁶ COR⁸ ; COOR¹² ; OCH₂ COOR¹² ; CH₂ COOR¹² ; COR⁸ ; and ##STR13## wherein m is four or five; and where R⁹ and R¹⁰ or R¹⁰ and R¹¹ together also may be in the form of a methylenedioxy group; wherein A¹ is selected from the group consisting of OR¹², OCOR⁸, NR⁶ R⁷ and NR⁶ COR⁸ and A² is selected from the group consisting of O and NR⁶ ; wherein R⁶ and R⁷ are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkyl; wherein R⁸ is lower alkyl; wherein R¹² is selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl and M; and wherein M is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and pharmaceutically-acceptable inorganic cations; and wherein R¹³ is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl optionally substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of OH, OR⁸ and OCOR⁸, and lower alkenyl; provided that R¹³ is selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl optionally substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of OH, OR⁸ and OCOR⁸, and lower alkenyl when ##STR14## and R⁹, R¹⁰ and R¹¹ are selected from the group consisting or lower alkyl, lower alkenyl and lower alkoxy; and addition salts with pharmaceutically acceptable inorganic or organic acid;the term "lower" when used herein meaning in each case that the group referred to may be straight or branched and contains 1 to 4 carbon atoms, inclusive, to said animal body in an amount effective for said purpose.
 2. Method of claim 1, wherein the compound administered is characterized in that R¹³ is selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl optionally substituted or lower alkenyl, A¹ is OH and A² is O, R⁴ is lower alkyl, and R⁵ is the group II as defined above.
 3. Method of claim 1, wherein the compound administered is characterized in that R¹³ is hydrogen, R⁴ is lower alkyl and R⁵ is a heterocyclic ring.
 4. Method of claim 1, wherein the compound administered is characterized in that A¹ is selected from the group consisting of NR⁶ R⁷ or NR⁶ COR⁸, A² is O, R⁴ is lower alkyl, and R⁵ is the group II as defined above, and where R⁶, R⁷ and R⁸ have the meanings as defined above.
 5. Method of claim 1, wherein the compound administered is characterized in that R¹³ is hydrogen, R⁵ is the group II as defined above, wherein R⁹, R¹⁰ and R¹¹ are selected from the group consisting of halogen, OH, OCOR⁸, NR⁶ R⁷, NR⁶ COR⁸, ##STR15## COOR¹², OCH₂ COOR¹² and CH₂ COOR¹², where R⁶, R⁷, R⁸, R¹² and m have the meanings as defined above.
 6. Method of claim 1, wherein the compound administered is characterized in that R⁵ is a heterocyclic ring selected from the group consisting of pyridine, pyrazole, imidazole, isothiazole, thiazole, pyridazine, and pyrimidine.
 7. Method of claim 1, wherein the compound administered is characterized in that at least two of the substituents R¹, R² and R³ are hydrogen and, when R⁵ is the group II as defined above, at least one of the substituents R⁹, R¹⁰ and R¹¹ is hydrogen.
 8. Method of claim 1, wherein the compound administered is selected from the group consisting of:(a) N-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (b) N-(4-carboxymethylphenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (c) N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (d) N-phenyl-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (e) N-(2-thiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (f) N-methyl-N-phenyl-4-amino-1,2-dihydro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (g) N-methyl-N-(2-thiazolyl)-4-amino-1,2-dihydro-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline (h) N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-imino-1-methyl-quinoline-3-carboxamide (i) N-methyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-6-dimethylamino-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (j) N-(2-imidazolyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (k) N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (l) N-methyl-N-(2-pyridyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (m) N-(4-chlorophenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (n) N-methyl-N-(2-thiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide (o) N-methyl-N-(2-thiazolyl)-1,2-dihydro-1,8-ethylene-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide and (p) N-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-N-methyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxamide, and said compounds (a)-(p) in the form of salts with pharmaceutically-acceptable inorganic or organic cations or addition salts with pharmaceutically-acceptable inorganic or organic acids. 